Explora!

I took the kids to Explora yesterday, and boy was it fun! Miles, his brother, and his Mom Amber met us there, too. She wasn't sure how I was going to handle five kids by myself. I had a plan, though! The two littlest ones went in the double stroller, Austin would be contained on the baby leash (ha!), and the two three-year-olds would hold hands. While this can be challenging when in the open, there are lots of little contained areas in the museum, so it's actually not too difficult. If only I could keep Austin from running in front of the stroller. I need to train that little monkey! ;D

We did lots of fun things like playing in the bubbles, hanging out in the percussion room, and since it's Monday they had a music free play jam session in the theater. All the kids got to choose from a bunch of instruments to play with. Everyone was pretty entertained, and my biggest challenge was getting Austin to stop hitting the bongo drums with other instruments!





Next, we took the big elevator back downstairs and spent the rest of our time in the toddler room. There are lots of puzzles, balls, books, and manipulatives there, and it's all contained so it's easy to keep track of everyone.





We will definitely be doing more trips to Explora so we can get out of the house and have a little fun without freezing our buns off!